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Liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident
August 1986. USSR. Ukrainian SSR. Kiev region. Construction equipment of the Construction Department No. 605 of the USSR Ministry of Medium Machine Building during the erection, installation of structures and concreting of the protective walls of the "Shelter" over the damaged fourth power unit of the V. I. Lenin Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. On April 26, 1986, an explosion occurred at the fourth power unit of the NPP during equipment testing during the reactor shutdown for routine preventive maintenance. The exact date of the photo is unknown. Valery Zufarov, Vladimir Repik/TASS